Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-01-13

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jan 13
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
4,790 head
1,840 vs last sale 2,950 897 vs year ago 3,893 · +23.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Saturday: steers 550 to 650 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 2.00 higher on 550 to 600 lbs, 651 to 750 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 lower, 751 to 850 lbs mostly steady. Heifers 550 to 700 lbs steady to 2.00 lower except 600 to 650 lbs mostly steady. Good demand seen for today's large calf offering featuring many packages and loads with best demand seen for light weight, green calves which have a few more options, including grass. Flesh varied again today, from light to heavy. Quality varied more than on Saturday, mostly average to attractive. An active market with both buyers and farmer feeders in the seats today. Temperatures continue to be much warmer than normal for this time of year and very high winds and some mixed precipitation predicted for tomorrow which could complicate travel. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, January 20.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.25/cwt on 2,869 head.
Average price
$147.25
2,869 head · 702 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,034
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$220
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$17.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.85
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1692147.971,0232,752
Large 1954130.341,243117
One grade step is worth $17.63/cwt here — about −$220 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2,869 hd
147.25
SD average9 barns · 22,787 hd
149.10
−1.85
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

31 lots · USDA AMS · Hub City Livestock Auction - Aberdeen, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersLarge 11,139116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,32714
SteersLarge 1542159.00/cwt159.00–159.0086228
SteersLarge 11,043122.69/cwt122.50–123.001,28024
SteersLarge 11,087122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,32651
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy523128.00/cwt128.00–128.006699
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy593133.12/cwt132.00–134.5078947
HeifersMedium and Large 1881120.52/cwt119.00–121.251,06296
SteersMedium and Large 1927129.18/cwt128.75–130.001,197241
SteersMedium and Large 1858128.85/cwt127.75–129.501,10662
SteersMedium and Large 1627156.59/cwt153.50–161.00982252
SteersMedium and Large 1815132.49/cwt125.50–137.401,080387
HeifersMedium and Large 1513156.32/cwt143.00–157.00802239
SteersMedium and Large 1729139.03/cwt134.50–143.501,014422
HeifersMedium and Large 1569142.21/cwt139.00–147.25809165
SteersMedium and Large 1563164.75/cwt152.50–169.75928408
HeifersMedium and Large 1810121.00/cwt121.00–121.0098052
SteersMedium and Large 1672148.66/cwt141.00–152.25999273
HeifersMedium and Large 1673130.51/cwt128.00–136.00878103
SteersMedium and Large 1765136.39/cwt130.00–142.501,043204
SteersMedium and Large 1540170.02/cwt162.50–175.50918235
HeifersMedium and Large 1482152.78/cwt148.50–160.5073699
HeifersMedium and Large 1707131.46/cwt126.50–135.50929155
HeifersMedium and Large 1430158.67/cwt154.50–160.5068241
HeifersMedium and Large 1765129.95/cwt128.75–131.7599486
HeifersMedium and Large 1619139.99/cwt135.50–141.50867120
SteersMedium and Large 1413189.74/cwt182.00–197.0078449
SteersMedium and Large 1487182.55/cwt178.00–188.0088972
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy523157.00/cwt157.00–157.008218
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy670134.01/cwt133.00–136.5089851
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy634142.89/cwt133.50–148.0090688
HeifersMedium and Large 1944110.27/cwt110.00–110.501,04111

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.